noise

"for you to hear

all of the sounds that whisper,

clamour, thrum, hiss and bare

themselves to me

i'd have to catch them all,

have to lure them not make them,

and cut them together for you"

he imagined, and put from his mind.

(inspired by cummings)

by any other name

the gazelle

skeletor

james bond

dook

s1go

deathpouch

gose

whitey mcchamber

schizophrenic escapism has its charms.

turbulent dreams

she is reaching out with fingers

stained yellow like dried piss

the cigarette slides unimpeded through my cheek

the embers still visible somehow.

i am lying down

he climbs the wall to the ceiling and rests

they surround me

bind me with gossamer

and skitter inward

i trust them

i fear them.

ein seliger Sprung in die Ewigkeit

a blessed leap into eternity.

to express the sublime in the pedestrian absolutely.

i am only a knight of infinite resignation.

would that i had faith, in some onething.

is it only the absurd that can save me? must i never gaze on the stars, and yet believe that i will hold them in my hands someday?

i can swim in life, but for this mysterious floating i am too heavy.

to a life without faith.